CN1841224A

CN1841224A - Image-forming device

Info

Publication number: CN1841224A
Application number: CNA2006100718671A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 佐藤正吾; 冈部靖; 片山重治; 山口保武
Original assignee: Brother Industries Ltd
Current assignee: Brother Industries Ltd
Priority date: 2005-03-30
Filing date: 2006-03-29
Publication date: 2006-10-04
Anticipated expiration: 2026-03-29
Also published as: CN101398662B; CN2924596Y; CN100474147C; CN101398662A; US20060222402A1; US7489888B2; JP4247688B2; HK1091274A1; JP2006276776A

Abstract

An image-forming device has a main casing, a cartridge, and a guiding unit. The main casing has a cartridge access opening and a cartridge loading section in communication with the cartridge access opening. The cartridge access opening has an opening plane. The cartridge is detachably counted in the cartridge loading section through the cartridge access opening. The guiding unit provides a loading path to load/unload the cartridge with respect to the cartridge loading section. The guide unit is configured to orient the loading path toward a direction substantially parallel to the opening plane outside of the main casing, thereby curving a track of the cartridge.

Description

Image processing system

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind ofly, and be installed in box in this image processing system such as this image processing system of laser printer.

Background technology

Normal image with equipment body forms in the device (such as laser printer), comprises that the handle box of photosensitive drums and developing cell is installed in the equipment body with removably.The regulation surface of this equipment body is formed with the gateway, and has lid to be arranged on this equipment body to open wide and cover this gateway.This lid is supported in the mode that can rotate around the axle along the surface extension of equipment body regulation.By the lid that sways it is opened, the gateway is just opened wide, thus allow the user by this gateway by taking out handle box in the middle of the linear fashion slave unit main body or handle box being packed in the equipment body.When the lid that sways was closed it, lid just covered the gateway.

Yet, have in the image processing system of this structure, unless open lid very big, otherwise can't go in the equipment body or in the middle of the slave unit main body to take out with box-packed.In order to make lid open very greatly, need bigger space around the equipment body.Therefore, compare with laying required space, the image processing system occupation space is bigger, and this brings some restrictions to riding position.

In view of said circumstances, its purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of riding position that can increase to select the image processing system of dirigibility and be installed on box in this image processing system.

Summary of the invention

The invention provides a kind of image processing system, have main casing, box and pilot unit.The box loading part that main casing has the box gateway and is connected with this box gateway.This box gateway has plane of the opening.Box is installed in the box loading part with removably by the box gateway.The loading path that pilot unit provides is used for respect to box loading part load/unload box.Pilot unit be configured to make load the path in the main casing outside towards the direction parallel substantially with plane of the opening, make the track bending of box thus.

The invention provides a kind of image processing system, have main casing, a plurality of box and pilot unit.The box-packed year parts that main casing has the box gateway and is connected with this box gateway.A plurality of boxes are installed with removably by the box gateway and are arranged in the box loading part by a direction, thereby an end face of each box is to the box gateway.The loading path that pilot unit provides is used for respect to each box in a plurality of boxes of box loading part load/unload.Pilot unit makes and loads the path towards a direction outside main casing, makes the track bending of each box in a plurality of boxes thus.

The invention provides a kind of box that is loaded in the image processing system, has housing.This housing have first surface and with this first surface by one apart from opposing second surface.First and second surfaces have the isocentric circular arc tee section on the loading direction.

Description of drawings

Below with reference to following description of drawings above-mentioned aspect of the present invention, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the outward appearance skeleton view that the multifunctional equipment of first embodiment of the invention is shown;

Fig. 2 is the lateral sectional view of multifunctional equipment among Fig. 1, and wherein flat bed scanner and top cabinet are in closed condition;

Fig. 3 is a guidance set and by the amplification profile of the box of its supporting;

Fig. 4 is the lateral sectional view that multifunctional equipment among Fig. 1 is shown, and wherein flat bed scanner is in opening;

Fig. 5 is the lateral sectional view that multifunctional equipment among Fig. 1 is shown, and wherein flat bed scanner and top cabinet are in opening;

Fig. 6 is the lateral sectional view of handle box shown in Figure 2;

Fig. 7 is the lateral sectional view of the multifunctional equipment of second embodiment of the invention, and wherein top cover is in closed condition; And

Fig. 8 is the lateral sectional view of multifunctional equipment among Fig. 7, and wherein top cover is in opening.

Embodiment

Image processing system of the present invention is described below with reference to accompanying drawings.In the following describes, term " front ", " back ", " top ", " below ", " on ", D score, " level ", " vertically " etc. are used for whole instructions the position of each parts when image processing system is put by the orientation that will use are limited.

As shown in Figure 1, multifunctional equipment 1 comprises printer 2 and the flat bed scanner 3 that is arranged at printer 2 tops.Multifunctional equipment 1 is realized printer function by printer 2, realizes scanner functions by flat bed scanner 3, and realizes the duplicating machine function by the combination of these functions.Multifunctional equipment 1 is the multifunctional equipment of desktop type, can lay it on the table.The shape of whole multifunctional equipment 1 is as the inverted quadrilateral frustum of a pyramid, thereby the surface area of end face is greater than the surface area of bottom surface.Therefore, be placed in the bottom surface of laying on the surperficial F its lay surface area S1 less than the top projection of multifunctional equipment 1 in the proj ected surface areas S2 that lays on the surperficial F.

Printer 2 is a kind of intermediate transfer tandem color laser printers, and comprises paper supply unit 5, engine unit 6 and paper feeder unit 7 in main casing 4 and the main casing 4.

Main casing 4 is made by hard resin, and is divided into lower case 8 and upper case 9.

To shown in Figure 5, lower case 8 is by rectangular base plate 10 and side plate 11 whole formation as Fig. 1, and above-mentioned side plate 11 extends upward and outwards expands from the periphery of base plate 10.In front 12, the back side 13 and side 14, the inversion that just forms main casing 4 in the side view is trapezoidal with side plate 11 this structure applications, and wherein the length of base plate 10 is shorter than the length on main casing 4 tops.Lower case 8 also has end face 107.Be formed with gateway 34 in the end face 107, be used for the handle box 25 that loading and unloading illustrate after a while.Exit slot 15 with horizontally extending rectangular shape is formed at positive 12 bottom.

Upper case 9 has the quadra shape, and is arranged at the top of lower case 8.Upper case 9 comprises front 16, the back side 17 and side 18, and above-mentioned each face flushes with front 12, the back side 13 and the side 14 of lower case 8.Front 16, the back side 17 and side 18 do not have step therebetween when joining with front 12, the back side 13 and side 14 respectively.

Rotating shaft 19 pass upper case 9 the back side 17 lower limb part and extend along the coboundary at the back side 13 of lower case 8.So upper case 9 is supported in the rotating shaft 19 in rotatable mode.The result, upper case 9 can be around the shaft 19 rotates between off-position (being shown among Fig. 2) and open site (being shown among Fig. 5), the coboundary of positive 12, the back side 13 of the lower limb contact of front 16, the back side 17 and side 18 and side 14 when upper case 9 is in the closed position; And upper case 9 when being in the open site front 16 sides of upper case 9 be raised.

In the following describes, will call the front side to front 12 sides (left side among Fig. 2) of lower case 8, side relative with it or the back side 13 sides (right side among Fig. 2) will then be called rear side.

To shown in Figure 5, paper supply unit 5 is arranged at the top of upper case 9 as Fig. 2.Paper supply unit comprises that the paper that is used to hold paper P holds recess 20, is arranged at paper and holds the pressboard 21 in the recess 20 and be arranged at the intake roller 22 that paper holds the lower rear edge of recess 20.

Paper holds recess 20 and is formed by the box-like frame with bottom and open-top.It is fixing with respect to upper case 9 that paper holds recess 20.

Pressboard 21 is arranged at paper to be held in the recess 20, and from paper hold recess 20 about between mid point extend to the back edge that paper holds recess 20.The leading edge of pressboard 21 is supported on the bottom surface of flat bed scanner 3 in the mode of swaying.Holddown spring 23 is arranged at the back edge on the end face of pressboard 21, is used for the downward application of force of the back edge of pressboard 21.

Intake roller 22 is set to along with 23 pairs of pressboards of holddown spring, the 21 downward application of forces in the face of the back edge of pressboard 21.

Paper P is contained in paper with stack manner in vertical direction to be held in the recess 20.The back edge of the top a piece of paper of the paper P on the back edge of pressboard 21 and its upper surface contacts.23 pairs of pressboard 21 application of forces of holddown spring, thus the antemarginal lower surface of bottom a piece of paper of paper P is pushed and is contacted with intake roller 22.When intake roller 22 rotations, just will deliver to engine unit 6 with bottom a piece of paper of intake roller 22 contacted paper P.

Engine unit 6 comprises scanning element 24, handle box 25, transfer printing unit 26, fixation unit 27 and transport path 28.

Scanning element 24 is arranged in the upper case 9, the below of paper supply unit 5.Scanning element 24 comprises lasing fluorescence unit (not shown), a plurality of lens, can be activated and the polygon mirror 29 and a plurality of catoptron 30 that rotate.

Adopt this structure, the lasing fluorescence unit view data according to the rules of scanning element 24 gives off laser beam.Shown in arrow among Fig. 2, laser beam by a plurality of lens or by a plurality of catoptron 30 reflections, shines the surface of the photosensitive drums 38 that illustrates after a while in each handle box 25 successively successively through the deflection of polygon mirror 29.

Among this embodiment, for each toner in four kinds of color toners provides handle box 25.On the top of lower case 8 each handle box 25 is configured to parallel to each otherly, and level separates on fore-and-aft direction.Specifically, handle box 25 comprises yellow handle box 25Y, carmetta handle box 25M, cyan handle box 25C and black handle box 25K.The guidance set 31 that 5 configurations parallel to each other are arranged on the top of lower case 8, and on fore-and-aft direction, separate by the interval.One in each handle box 25 is arranged at every pair of adjacent guidance set 31 between the two.Each guidance set 31 extends to its top from the vertical midpoint of lower case 8.

Each guidance set 31 has same structure.Thereby, will specify one structure and adjacent guidance set 31,31 position relation between the two in each guidance set 31 below.

Guidance set 31 has be arranged at opposite side on fore-and-aft direction leading to inside surface 32 and back guiding inside surface 33.Leading have concave in vertical direction to inside surface 32.Back guiding inside surface 33 has convex shape in vertical direction.Handle box 25 is arranged at a pair of adjacent guidance set 31,31 between the two.

Specifically, referring to Fig. 3, box 25Y is arranged at guidance set 31A and 31B between the two.Guidance set 31A has leading to inside surface 32A and back guiding inside surface 33A.Guidance set 31B then has by a distance leading to inside surface 32B and back guiding inside surface 33B in the face of back guiding inside surface 33A.Adjacent paired guidance set 31A that is provided and 31B be back guiding inside surface 33A and leadingly all have a vertical cross-section that forms isocentric circular arc around virtual center C1 to inside surface 32B wherein.So, handle box 25Y be in the back guiding inside surface 33A of guidance set 31A of front and back guidance set 31B leading to inside surface 32B between the two.

Handle box

25M, 25C all have identical structure and position relation with 25K between the two with the corresponding a pair of guidance set 31,31 that guides and

support handle box

25M, 25C and 25K respectively.

As explanation after a while, each handle box 25 has the housing 36 that has front arc surface 41 and rear arc surface 42.Therefore, when handle box 25 is arranged at adjacent guidance set 31 between the two the time, the front arc of housing 36 surface 41 in the face of and the back guiding inside surface 33 of the guidance set 31 of contact front, and the rear arc of housing 36 surface 42 in the face of and the guidance set 31 of contact back leading to inside surface 32.

As shown in Figure 5, when upper case 9 opened to the open site, the end face 107 formed gateways 34 by lower case 8 were exposed each handle box 25.When installing and take out handle box 25, thereby slide with respect to opposed guidance set 31 by the front and rear surfaces of guidance set 31 each handle box 25 housing 36 of guiding.Handle box 25 is along advancing by gateway 34 and the load/unload path 35 that is gradually to plane H, and this plane H is parallel with the end face 107 of lower case 8 outside lower case 8, as shown in phantom in Figure 5.Specifically, load/unload path 35 is formed is by gateway 34 and is bent to this curve shape of horizontal line (being the direction of lower case 8 with its end face 107 of outer) (being arc among this embodiment).When installing or taking out each handle box 25, by guidance set 31 along the load/unload path 35 boot process boxes 25.

Among this embodiment, plane H is in the top of gateway 34 by distance L.Distance L is shorter than the vertical length " h " of the box of installing in the main casing 4 25.

As shown in Figure 6, each handle box 25 comprise housing 36, from outwards outstanding handles 361 of housing 36 and Delevoping cartridge 37, photosensitive drums 38, corona charging device 39 and the drum cleaning roller 40 in this housing 36.

Arranged perpendicular when being installed in the lower case 8 to the explanation of handle box 25 based on handle box 25 below.

Housing 36 has according to the curved profile in load/unload path 35 (with reference to Fig. 5).Specifically, housing 36 have end face 362, have arc section front arc surface 41, on the fore-and-aft direction relative with front arc surface 41 separate and be formed with the arc section on front arc surface 41 be the rear arc surface 42 of the arc section concentric and each side surface 43 that on Width, is connected front arc surperficial 41 and rear arc surface 42 with respect to center C 2.

Among this embodiment, front arc surface 41 has and the identical curvature of back guiding inside surface 33 cardinal principles.Rear arc surface 42 has with leading to the identical substantially curvature of inside surface 32.Thereby box 25 can slide mobile between the two at adjacent paired guidance set 31,31.

Handle 361 projects upwards from the end face 362 of housing 36, and extends on Width.Handle 361 comprises that formed have can be by the grip 364 of the elliptic cross-section of finger grip on the top of formed recessed part of depression crooked in the front and rear surfaces of handle 361 and handle 361.When (loading) being installed or taking out (unloading) handle box 25 with respect to lower case 8, the user catches grip 364 by pointing insertion recessed part 363.In this way, the change user with handle box 25 orientations in the load/unload process can reliably support handle box 25, guarantees handle box 25 stable moving.

Delevoping cartridge 37 is installed on the top of housing 36, and comprises toner accommodation section 44, donor rollers 45, developer roll 46 and thickness regulating blade 47.

Toner accommodation section 44 is formed by the inner space on Delevoping cartridge 37 tops.Be provided with stirrer in the toner accommodation section 44 and be used to stir the toner that wherein holds.

Each toner accommodation section 44 is filled with nonmagnetic, the single component toner of positively charged, and belongs to and the 25 corresponding colors of handle box separately.In other words, the toner accommodation section 44 of yellow handle box 25Y holds yellow toner, the toner accommodation section 44 of carmetta handle box 25M holds the carmetta toner, and the toner accommodation section 44 of cyan handle box 25C holds the cyan toner, and the toner accommodation section 44 of black handle box 25K then holds black toner.

Used toner is a polymerized toner spherical in shape substantially among this embodiment, is to use known polymerization, such as suspension polymerization, polymerization single polymerization monomer is carried out copolymerization obtains.Polymerization single polymerization monomer can be for example styrene monomer (such as styrene) or acrylic monomers (such as acrylate between acrylic acid, alkyl (C1-C4) acrylate or alkyl (C1-C4)).Such toner and mix with corresponding colorant of color or wax separately, and also be mixed with adjuvant (such as silicon dioxide) in order to increase flowability.The mean diameter of toner particle is about the 6-10 micron.

Adopt this to constitute, stirrer 48 rotations that are provided with in the toner accommodation section 44 are also stirred the toner that holds in the toner accommodation section 44.Some provide by the toner supply port release of the downside formation of toner accommodation section 44 and to donor rollers through the toner that stirs.

Donor rollers 45 is arranged in the Delevoping cartridge 37 of toner supply port below in rotatable mode, and extends on Width.Donor rollers 45 comprises the metal roller shaft that is covered by the conductive sponge roll body.

Developer roll 46 is arranged at the below of donor rollers 45 and extends on Width.Toner accommodation section 44 can rotation when facing donor rollers 45.Developer roll 46 contacts with donor rollers 45 in the mode of exerting pressure, and therefore donor rollers 45 is pressed to a certain degree.

Developer roll 46 is formed by the metal roller shaft that is coated with the conductive rubber roll body.Specifically, the rubber roll body of developer roll 46 has double-layer structure, comprise by conduction urethane rubber, silicon rubber or contain the made elasticity roll body of EPDM rubber of tiny carbon granules, and the clad that covers this resilient roller surface, this clad has urethane rubber, urethane resin or polyimide resin as principal ingredient.The opening 49 that developer roll 46 is orientated as by the bottom formation of Delevoping cartridge 37 exposes the bottom of developer roll 46.The development duration of work, power supply (not shown) adds the development bias voltage to developer roll 46.

Thickness regulating blade 47 is made up of with the portion of exerting pressure that is arranged at this its far-end of primary blades assembly the primary blades assembly, and wherein this primary blades assembly is formed by the metal spring leaf assembly.The portion of exerting pressure has semi-circular cross-section and is formed by electrically insulating silicone rubber.The base terminal of primary blades assembly is supported in the Delevoping cartridge 37 periphery of the opening 49 that forms, thereby the elastic force of the portion that exerts pressure by the primary blades assembly contacts with the surface of developer roll 46 in the mode of exerting pressure.

The toner that discharges via the toner supply port is provided on the developer roll 46 by rotation donor rollers 45.This moment, toner is donor rollers 45 and developer roll 46 lotus that becomes positively charged that rubs between the two.With the rotation of developer roll 46, the toner of developer roll 46 surface bears passes through below the portion that exerts pressure of thickness regulating blade 47, thereby carries the uniform thin layer of thickness on developer roll 46.

Photosensitive drums 38 is arranged at the below of developer roll 46, and can rotate in housing 36 with the 46 contacted whiles of developer roll.Photosensitive drums 38 disposes the bulging main body of ground connection, and its surface is coated with photographic layer, and this photographic layer is by the organic material by key component is formed with the polycarbonate.Photosensitive drums 38 is configured to by the formed opening in housing 36 bottom surfaces the bottom of photosensitive drums 38 be exposed.

Charger 39 is installed on the rear position of a little higher than photosensitive drums 38 on the housing 36, and charger 39 and photosensitive drums 38 separate avoiding and contact with it.Charger 39 is the corona charging devices (Scorotron charger) that fill positive electricity, wherein has the charging lead of the generation corona discharge made from tungsten.Charger 39 is with the whole surface charging of uniform positive polarity to photosensitive drums 38.

Drum cleaning roller 40 is arranged in the handle box 25 in rotatable mode, thereby contacts with photosensitive drums 38 at the upstream position of charger 39 with respect to the sense of rotation of photosensitive drums 38.Drum cleaning roller 40 is formed by the metal roller shaft that is coated with the conductive rubber roll body.During the cleaning, power supply (not shown) adds the cleaning bias voltage to drum cleaning roller 40.

Adopt this to constitute, the toner by 25 pairs of every kind of colors of each handle box exposes and development work in the following manner.With the rotation of photosensitive drums 38, charger 39 produces positive charge in the whole surface range of photosensitive drums 38.Subsequently, the laser beam that send by scanning element 24 on the surface of photosensitive drums 38 is exposed, and view data according to the rules forms electrostatic latent image on photosensitive drums 38 surfaces.Next, with the rotation of developer roll 46, the toner that has positive charge of developer roll 46 surface bears contacts with photosensitive drums 38.This moment, when toner was attracted to photosensitive drums 38 selectively and is exposed to current potential that laser beam therefore had and is lower than the each several part of the remaining surface with even positive charge, the sub-images that photosensitive drums 38 surfaces form just developed and are toner image.Like this, just, form toner image by reverse developing process.

To shown in Figure 5, transfer printing unit 26 is arranged at the below of handle box 25 in the lower case 8 as Fig. 2, thereby relative with each handle box 25 of arranging by each spaced and parallel each other on fore-and-aft direction.Transfer printing unit 26 comprises intermediate transfer unit 50 and band cleaning unit 51.

Intermediate transfer unit 50 extends upward in front and back, thereby relative with each photosensitive drums 38 of arranging by each spaced and parallel each other on fore-and-aft direction.Intermediate transfer unit 50 comprises driven roller 52, driven voller 53, transfer belt 54, primary transfer roller 55 and secondary transfer roller 56.Driven roller 52 is arranged at the rear of photosensitive drums 38 among the rearmost black handle box 25K.53 of driven vollers are arranged at the place ahead of photosensitive drums 38 among the top yellow handle box 25Y.

Transfer belt 54 is made by conductive polycarbonate or the polyimide that has electrically conductive carbon particle to be spread in therebetween.Transfer belt 54 forms a ring around driven roller 52 and driven voller 53, thereby the outer surface of top side contacts the photosensitive drums 38 in whole handle boxes 25.

When driven roller 52 was activated and rotates, along with the circular flow of transfer belt around driven roller 52 and driven voller 53, driven voller 53 was followed this rotation.Thereby, with the transfer belt 54 of photosensitive drums 38 contact the outer surface of top side with the surperficial identical direction of photosensitive drums 38 at the contact point place on mobile.

Primary transfer roller 55 is arranged at the inboard position relative with each photosensitive drums 38 of transfer belt 54, thereby transfer belt is clamped in primary transfer roller 55 and photosensitive drums 38 between the two.Each primary transfer roller 55 is formed by the metal roller shaft that is coated with the conductive rubber roll body.Primary transfer roller 55 is set to contact with the surface, inside of transfer belt 54 in the top side, and is pressing and the consistent direction rotation of transfer belt circular flow with transfer belt 54 contacted each contact point place.The transfer printing duration of work, power supply (not shown) adds the primary transfer bias voltage to primary transfer roller 55.

Secondary transfer roller 56 is arranged at the rear position of the outside of transfer belt 54, thereby and relative with driven roller 52 transfer belt 54 is clamped in secondary transfer roller 56 and driven roller 52 between the two.Secondary transfer roller 56 is formed by a metal roller shaft that is coated with the conductive rubber roll body.Secondary transfer roller 56 is set to contact with the outer surface of the transfer belt 54 of its rear side, and by with transfer belt 54 in the corresponding to direction rotation of the circular flow direction at a place that contacts with each other.The transfer printing duration of work, power supply (not shown) adds the secondary transfer printing bias voltage to secondary transfer roller 56.

With respect to photosensitive drums 38, band cleaning unit 51 is arranged at the opposite side (downside) of the transfer belt 54 that forms ring, and is positioned at driven roller 52 and driven voller 53 between the two.Band cleaning unit 51 comprises cleaning brush 57, reclaims roller 58 and reclaims box 59.

Cleaning brush 57 is by the metallic brush axle and be arranged at this and brush axial conduction brush assembly and formed.Cleaning brush 57 is set to contact in its bottom side with the outer surface of transfer belt 54.Cleaning brush 57 is arranged in the band cleaning unit 51 in rotatable mode, thereby by rotating in the corresponding to direction of the circular flow direction at a place that contacts with each other with transfer belt 54.During the cleaning, power supply (not shown) adds last cleaning bias voltage to cleaning brush 57.

Reclaiming roller 58 is formed by the metal roller shaft that covers through conductive rubber material.Recovery roller 58 is arranged at the rear of cleaning brush 57 and is in contact with it, and is arranged in the band cleaning unit 51 in rotatable mode.During the cleaning, power supply (not shown) adds secondary cleaning bias voltage to reclaiming roller 58.

Collection box 59 is arranged at the rear of reclaiming roller 58, and presents open state at the opposite side that reclaims roller 58.Scraper is arranged at the peristome near collection box 59, and contacts with the surface of reclaiming roller 58 with pressuring method.

Fixation unit 27 is arranged in the lower case 8, the below of the driven roller 52 of intermediate transfer unit 50 and secondary transfer roller 56 secondary transfer printing position between the two.Fixation unit 27 comprises main warm-up mill 60 and auxilliary warm-up mill 61.

Main warm-up mill 60 is supported in the lower case 8 in rotatable mode, and is made up of the Halogen lamp LED that is provided with in aluminum metal pipe and this metal tube.Handle to avoid toner to deposit on it for the outer surface of metal tube.

Auxilliary warm-up mill 61 is in the rear side of main warm-up mill 60 and faces main warm-up mill 60, so that clamp paper P by fixation unit 27 and on fore-and-aft direction with paper P.Auxilliary warm-up mill 61 also is made up of the Halogen lamp LED that is provided with in aluminum metal pipe and this metal tube.Auxilliary warm-up mill 61 is supported in the lower case 8 in rotatable mode, thereby contacts with main warm-up mill 60 with pressuring method.

Transport path 28 is formed at and is used for conveyance of sheets P in the lower case 8.Transport path 28 is advanced to the rear side of lower edge rearmost black handle box 25K from paper supply unit 5 beginning, passes through between the two at the main warm-up mill 60 and the auxilliary warm-up mill 61 of fixation unit 27, and stops at paper feeder unit 7 places.

Be provided with a pair of registration roller 62 along paper supply unit 5 and secondary transfer printing position transport path 28 between the two.Registration roller 62 and paper supply unit 5 transport path 28 between the two is provided with a pair of conveying roller 63.Be provided with a pair of conveying roller 64 along fixation unit 27 and paper feeder unit 7 transport path 28 between the two.

The paper P that paper supply unit 5 is provided carries downwards along transport path 28.After 62 couples of paper P of registration roller position, paper P is delivered to the secondary transfer printing position.

Meanwhile, driven roller 52 is activated in the transfer printing unit 26, moves in circulating path with the transfer belt 54 of following of driven voller 53.Along with transfer belt 54 by each photosensitive drums 38 and with each photosensitive drums 38 opposed corresponding primary transfer roller 55 each primary transfer position between the two, the toner image of each photosensitive drums 38 formed every kind of color is transferred on the transfer belt 54 of circular flow successively.Like this, form a coloured image on the transfer belt 54.

For instance, the yellow toner image that forms on the photosensitive drums 38 of at first yellow handle box 25Y is transferred on the transfer belt 54.Then, the reddish violet toner image that forms on the photosensitive drums 38 of reddish violet handle box 25M is transferred on the transfer belt 54, and on the yellow toner image of superposition transfer printing formerly.With identical method, cyan toner image and the black toner image that forms respectively among cyan handle box 25C and the black handle box 25K is transferred on the transfer belt 54, and on the toner image of superposition transfer printing formerly, finishes a width of cloth coloured image thus.

Subsequently, when, immediately the coloured image that forms on the transfer belt 54 being transferred on the paper P between the two the time by driven roller 52 and secondary transfer roller 56 through location and the paper P that is delivered to the secondary transfer printing position.

After having formed coloured image on the paper P, paper P is delivered to fixation unit 27, here by main warm-up mill 60 and auxilliary warm-up mill 61 between the two with paper P, main warm-up mill 60 and auxilliary warm-up mill 61 rely on heats with the coloured image photographic fixing in paper P.Behind the fixing, conveying roller 64 delivers into paper feeder unit 7 with paper P.This process realizes the printer function of multifunctional equipment 1.

The toner image of every kind of color is stayed photosensitive drums 38 lip-deep toners and is temporarily captured by drum cleaning roller 40 after being transferred on the paper P.When image formation action was not carried out, front arc surface 41 returned to photosensitive drums 38 with toner, and developer roll 46 is collected the toner that will be reused for image developing.

In addition, coloured image is transferred to after paper P goes up, because the once cleaning bias voltage that cleaning brush 57 is added, when toner and cleaning brush 57 are relative, are deposited on transfer belt 54 lip-deep paper dirt from paper P when the secondary transfer printing and just are attracted to cleaning brush 57.Subsequently, because to reclaiming the secondary cleaning bias voltage that roller 58 adds, when toner was faced recovery roller 58, the toner that is attracted to cleaning brush 57 just was deposited on and reclaims on the roller 58.Then, scraper scrapes off toner from reclaiming roller 58, toner is collected reclaimed in the box 59.

Paper feeder unit 7 is arranged at the bottommost of lower case 8.Therefore, from the top to the bottom, dispose handle box 25, transfer printing unit 26, fixation unit 27 and paper feeder unit 7 in the lower case 8 successively.In addition, from the top to the bottom, dispose paper supply unit 5, engine unit 6 and paper feeder unit 7 in the main casing 4 successively.From the top to the bottom, dispose flat bed scanner 3, paper supply unit 5, engine unit 6 and paper feeder unit 7 in the whole multifunctional equipment 1 successively.

Paper feeder unit 7 comprises a pair of exit roller 65 and paper delivery frame 66.

Exit roller 65 is arranged at the below of the fixation unit 27 of transport path 28 downstream end.Behind paper P, exit roller 65 is discharged to paper P on the paper delivery frame 66 the dependence heat with the coloured image photographic fixing in the fixation unit 27.

Paper delivery frame 66 is arranged at the bottom of lower case 8, and by being formed for holding the paper P that is discharged in upwardly extending separated space, front and back.Paper delivery frame 66 holds the length of maximum paper P (such as the paper P of A4 size) on throughput direction that can hold in the recess 20 in the length of fore-and-aft direction than paper short.Paper delivery frame 66 is connected with the formed exit slot 15 of lower area in front 12.Paper delivery frame 66 also has enough degree of depth to hold the paper P of many discharges of vertical pile.

Adopt this structure, exit roller 65 is discharged to paper P forward in the paper delivery frame 66, thereby the leading edge of paper P is given prominence in the middle of exit slot 15.The paper P that is discharged deposits in the paper delivery frame 66 with the state of vertical pile.

Flat bed scanner 3 comprises scanner main body 67 and covers 68 with the original copy constraint that rotary way is supported on the scanner main body 67.

Scanner main body 67 forms with the size identical with printer 2 by overlooking observation.The top edge of the upper case 9 of the side of scanner main body 67 from the printer 2 begins outward-dipping, thereby shows it and printer 2 is combined as a whole.The end face horizontal-extending of scanner main body 67, and play the effect of the original copy area supported 72 that is used to place original copy.Glass plate (not shown) is assembled in the original copy area supported 72.Though do not illustrate among the figure, scanner main body 67 inside hold ccd sensor and scanning motor etc., wherein the ccd sensor below that is arranged at glass plate is used for from the original copy reads image data, and scanning motor then is used for making ccd sensor level (at fore-and-aft direction) scanning simultaneously in that ccd sensor and glass plate are opposed.

Rotating shaft 71 is inserted by the lower edge on scanner main body 67 back sides, and extends on Width along the top at upper case 9 back sides 17.Scanner main body 67 is supported by rotating shaft 71 in rotatable mode.Adopt this structure, scanner main body 67 can be rotated between the two in off-position (position shown in Fig. 2) and open site (position shown in Fig. 4), the bottom surface of scanner main body 67 contacts with the top of upper case 9 when in the closed position, and the end face of upper case 9 is closed; And when being in the open site, the leading edge of scanner main body 67 is raised.When scanner main body 67 turned to the open site, just the end face by upper case 9 exposed paper and holds recess 20, allowed the user that paper P is loaded into paper and held recess 20.When scanner main body 67 turned to off-position, scanner main body 67 covered the top that paper holds recess 20.

It is thin plates that the original copy constraint covers 68, and it has rectangular shape by overlooking to observe.The 68 whole surfaces that can cover the glass plate of the end face (original copy area supported 72) that is assembled to scanner main body 67 are covered in original copy constraint.Original copy constraint is covered 68 and is supported on the rotating shaft 69 that extends in parallel with rotating shaft 71 on scanner main body 67 back edge with rotary way.Therefore, original copy constraint cover 68 and can be rotated to expose original copy area supported 72 or covering original copy area supported 72.Specifically, cover when original copy constraint and just to expose original copy area supported 72 when 68 leading edge is upwards mentioned, as shown in phantom in Figure 2; Original copy constraint is covered when 68 leading edge rotates and is then covered the glass plate that is assembled in the original copy area supported 72, shown in solid line among Fig. 2.Close the original copy constraint and covered 68 o'clock when original copy is kept somewhere on glass plate, the original copy constraint covers 68 can push original copy with respect to glass plate.

In the flat bed scanner 3 described above, original copy places on the original copy area supported 72 and the personal computer (not shown) that is connected with multifunctional equipment 1 is read (Read Start) signal and is input to after the multifunctional equipment 1 with beginning, ccd sensor is read image in the middle of original copy, obtain view data.This configuration realizes the scanner functions of multifunctional equipment 1.Then that ccd sensor is obtained view data sends personal computer to.

According to order, can the view data that ccd sensor is obtained send printer 2 to, thereby printer 2 can form coloured image according to this view data on paper P from personal computer.This process realizes the duplicating machine function of multifunctional equipment 1.

Among first embodiment described above, when upper case 9 is in the open site, can install or take out handle box 25 with respect to lower case 8 by formed gateway 34 in the end face 107 of lower case 8.35 install and take out handle box 25 along the load/unload path, this load/unload path 35 is gradually to the plane H that parallels with the end face 107 in lower case 8 outsides, thereby the developer roll 46 that is provided with in each handle box 25 is all parallel to each other in any position in load/unload path 35.Thereby, by in the open site in lower case 8 and upper case 9 allocation space between the two, can install or take out handle box 25 with respect to lower case 9, this space is wideer slightly than the front arc surface 41 and rear arc surface 42 width between the two of housing 36.Therefore, can reduce the shared space of multifunctional equipment 1, and increase selection dirigibility multifunctional equipment 1 riding position.

In addition, because load/unload path 35 forms crooked shape (arc) outside lower case 8, therefore can successfully install or take out handle box 25 with respect to lower case 8.Thereby, can guarantee smooth installation and taking-up to handle box 25, increase selection dirigibility to multifunctional equipment 1 riding position.

In addition, the housing 36 of handle box 25 forms by the arc that the curve with load/unload path 35 matches, its middle shell 36 has front arc surface 41 and rear arc surface 42, back guiding inside surface 33 opposed contacts of front arc surface 41 and the guidance set 31 of front, then the guidance set 31 of curved surfaces 41 and back is leading to inside surface 32 opposed contacts.Therefore, the width of the bend in load/unload path 35 can equal the front arc surface 41 and rear arc surface 42 distance between the two of housing 36 substantially.As a result, can reduce the size of lower case 8 (main casing 4), and lower case 8 and the required between the two space of upper case 9 when reducing the open site.Thereby, can further reduce the shared space of multifunctional equipment 1, and further increase selection dirigibility riding position.

Form with load/unload path 35 by shape and to match,, also can install and take out housing 36 smoothly with respect to lower case 8 even if housing 36 its sizes form enough greatly with the assembly of contact load/unload path 35 peripheries with housing 36.Therefore, for instance, the size that can increase housing 36 increases the wherein quantity of open ended toner.

In addition, handle box 25 slides with respect to guidance set by its housing 36 and imports and derive lower case 8.Therefore, can in the process of installing and taking out handle box 25, guide this handle box 25 smoothly reliably by guidance set 31 these simple structures are provided in lower case 8.

In addition, by provide handle 361 on the housing 36 of each handle box 25, the user can install and take out handle box 25 with respect to lower case 8 by the recessed part 363 that forms in this handle 361 of grasping.When handle box 25 was installed in the lower case 8, it was positioned at the grip 364 of recessed part 363 outer ends by grasps handle 361, and the user can be easy to extract handle box 25 in the middle of lower case 8.In addition, when handle box 25 was in the load/unload path 35 in lower case 8 outsides, the front arc of housing 36 surface 41 and rear arc surface 42 were in vertical direction relative to each other.Under this state, the finger that the enough insertions of user's energy are positioned at the recessed part 363 of downside reliably supports handle box 25.Thereby this structure can improve the operability of installing and taking out handle box 25 with respect to lower case 8.

Because gateway 34 is to be formed in the end face 107 of lower case 8 in the multifunctional equipment 1 of first embodiment, so the user can pass in and out lower case 8 and installs and take out handle box 25 from the top.Thereby this structure has further improved operability.

In addition, the upper case 9 of opening and closing gateway 34 is to be provided with in the mode that the rotating shaft 19 that can lay out inlet 34 rear side settings is rotated.Therefore, the user can be from multifunctional equipment 1 face side opening and closing upper case 9.In addition, when in the middle of lower case 8, taking out handle box 25, can extract handle box 25, further improve operability thus towards the direction of multifunctional equipment 1 face side.

In addition, because the rotating shaft 19 of upper case 9 is arranged at the protruding side in load/unload path 35, when opening, upper case can prevent that therefore upper case 9 from hindering load/unload path 35.Adopt this structure, when installing and take out handle box 25, will not open wide very greatly by upper case 9, reduce the shared space of multifunctional equipment 1 thus, and can increase selection dirigibility multifunctional equipment 1 riding position.

Because can reduce to install and take out the required space of handle box 25, and multifunctional equipment 1 needs often to change these handle boxes 25, therefore can effectively reduce the size in multifunctional equipment 1 shared space.

In addition, a plurality of handle boxes 25 can be set parallel to each other, and separate by so-called tandem moor on fore-and-aft direction, this allows that adjacent handle box 25 is installed to lower case 8 neutralizations and does not disturb mutually from lower case 8 central taking-ups.Therefore, this structure can reduce the shared amount of space of multifunctional equipment 1, and can increase the selection dirigibility to multifunctional equipment 1 riding position.

Even if flat bed scanner 3 is set, the multifunctional equipment 1 of first embodiment recited above also can increase the selection dirigibility to riding position.

Below with reference to Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 the second embodiment of the present invention is described.

Among Fig. 7 and Fig. 8, to those with first embodiment explanation in identical part and parts specify identical with reference to label to avoid repeat specification.Among second embodiment, below the explanation aspect different only with first embodiment, omission is to the explanation of similar aspect.

In the multifunctional equipment 1 of second embodiment, flat bed scanner 3 is set with the formed suitable space in printer 2 tops.Specifically, support section 73 extends upward from the rear end of printer 2, and flat bed scanner 3 then flatly extends forward from the upper end of support section 73.

Printer 2 is direct tandem color laser printers, comprises paper supply unit 5, engine unit 6 and paper feeder unit 7 in main casing 4 and the main casing 4.

Main casing 4 is formed by boxed-section shape by hard synthetic resin, and it is rectangular in overlooking observation.

Gateway 34 is formed at installation and the taking-up that is used to allow handle box 25 in the end face 108 of main casing 4.34 tops, gateway are provided with top cover 74 and are used for opening and closing gateway 34.

Top cover 74 is divided into front assembly 75 and rear assembly 76, front assembly 75 is used for that 34 leading edge to its mid point covers this gateway 34 from the gateway on fore-and-aft direction, and rear assembly 76 is used for then that 34 mid point to its rear rim covers this gateway 34 from the gateway on fore-and-aft direction.When gateway 34 was capped, rear assembly 76 was at the first half horizontal-extending, latter half of then downward-sloping.The rear end of rear assembly 76 is supported on along in the horizontally extending rotating shaft 77 of the back edge of gateway 34 with rotary way.Connect front assembly 75 and rear assembly 76 with coupling spindle 78 with rotary way.Adopt this structure, when mentioning the front end of front assembly 75, rear assembly 76 just upwards extends forward with diagonal manner, and front assembly 75 is then from the leading edge of rear assembly horizontal-extending forward.

Among second embodiment, paper supply unit 5 is in the lower open of main casing 4.In the paper supply unit 5, paper holds the box that recess 20 forms the frame assembly with a band bottom surface.Paper holds recess 20 front by printer 2 on fore-and-aft direction and is installed in the main casing 4 with removably.In addition, paper mid point to its leading edge of holding recess is provided with pressboard 21.There is a holddown spring (not shown) to be arranged on the downside surface of pressboard 21, is used for front end to the pressboard application of force that makes progress.Paper feed roller 22 is arranged at the top that paper holds recess 20 front ends, thereby with to be subjected to the make progress front end of pressboard 21 of the application of force of holddown spring opposed.

In the paper supply unit 5, paper P is loaded on the pressboard 21 that paper holds recess 20, thereby extends upward in front and back.By pressboard 21 the top paper of the paper P that stacks on the pressboard 21 is pressed to paper feed roller 22.The paper feed roller 22 of rotation is delivered to engine unit 6 with the top paper of paper P.

Engine unit 6 comprises handle box 25, scanning element 79, transfer printing unit 86, fixation unit 27 and transport path 96.

Among second embodiment, for each toner set handling box 25 of four kinds of toners.The top of main casing 4 is each handle box 25 that is provided with parallel to each other on fore-and-aft direction.Specifically, handle box 25 comprises by the yellow handle box 25Y, reddish violet handle box 25M, cyan handle box 25C and the black handle box 25K that are provided with for definite sequence with predetermined distance from front to back.

Handle box 25 have with first embodiment in the identical structure of each handle box.

It is corresponding with the number of handle box to be provided with 4 scanning elements 79 among second embodiment.Each scanning element 79 is arranged at the rear side of corresponding process cartridge 25.Therefore, the top of main casing 4 alternately disposes each handle box 25 and each scanning element 79 on fore-and-aft direction.

Each scanning element 79 comprises 81,2 lens 82 of polygon mirror and the catoptron 83 that can be activated in unit housings 80 and this unit housings 80 and rotate.Shown in arrow among the figure, lasing fluorescence unit (not shown) view data according to the rules of each scanning element 79 gives off laser beam, and the laser beam order is passed through or reflection from 81,2 lens 82 of polygon mirror and catoptron 83 before shining photosensitive drums 38 surfaces with the high-velocity scanning action.

Unit housings 80 comprise leading to surface 84 and on fore-and-aft direction with leading to surface 84 relative back guide surfaces 85.Leading have the cross sectional shape that forms as concentric arc to surface 84 and back guide surface 85, and its protruding side is towards the rear portion.Be in the situation of 2 adjacent scanning elements 79, handle box 25 be arranged at the back guide surface 85 of scanning element 79 of front and back scanning element 79 leading to surface 84 between the two.Under this state, back guide surface 85 opposed contacts of the front arc of the housing 36 of handle box 25 surface 41 and the scanning element 79 of front, the rear arc surface 42 of housing 36 is leading to surperficial 84 opposed contacts with the scanning element 79 of back then.Yellow handle box front is provided with single guidance set 31, thereby yellow handle box 25Y is arranged at guidance set 31 and scanning element 79 between one of them.Therefore, back guiding inside surface 33 opposed contacts of the front arc of the housing 36 of yellow handle box 25Y surface 41 and guidance set 31, the rear arc surface 42 of housing 36 is leading to surperficial 84 opposed contacts with scanning element 79 then.

Adopt this structure, when top cover 74 is in opening shown in Figure 8, can along the load/unload path 35 shown in the dotted line each handle box 25 be installed to or take out lower case 8 by gateway 34.Arc-shaped bend is pressed in load/unload path 35, and this arc guides to main casing 4 and flat bed scanner 3 horizontal direction between the two.Install and take out each handle box 25 by unit housings 80 slider cases 36 along scanning element 79.Therefore, the unit housings 80 of scanning element 79 also plays the effect of guide piece among second embodiment.

Transfer printing unit 86 is arranged in the main casing 4, the below of handle box 25, and extends upward in front and back, thereby with relative by juxtaposed each handle box 25 of parallel relation.Transfer printing unit 86 comprises transfer belt unit 87 and band cleaning unit 88.

Transfer belt unit 87 horizontal-extendings, thus relative with configuration parallel to each other and flatly juxtaposed each photosensitive drums 38.Transfer belt unit 87 comprises driven roller 89, driven voller 90, conveying belt 91 and transfer roll 92.

Driven roller 89 is arranged at the rear of photosensitive drums 38 among the rearmost black handle box 25K.90 of driven vollers are arranged at the place ahead of photosensitive drums 38 among the top yellow handle box 25Y.

Conveying belt 91 is made by conductive polycarbonate or the polyimide that has electrically conductive carbon particle to be spread in therebetween.Conveying belt 91 forms rings around driven roller and driven voller 90, thereby conveying belt 91 contacts with whole photosensitive drums 38 in the handle box 25 toward the outer surface of front side.

When driven roller 89 is activated and rotates, along with travelling belt 91 around driven roller 89 and driven voller 90 circular flows, driven voller 90 is also being followed and is being rotated.Thereby, with the conveying belt 91 of photosensitive drums 38 contact the outer surface of top side with the surperficial identical direction of the photosensitive drums 38 at contact point place on mobile.

Transfer roll 92 is arranged at the inboard position relative with photosensitive drums 38 of conveying belt 91, thereby conveying belt 91 is clamped in transfer roll 92 and photosensitive drums 38 between the two.Each transfer roll 92 is formed by the metal roller shaft that is coated with the conductive rubber roll body.Transfer roll 92 is set to contact with the surface, inside of conveying belt 91 downsides, and along rotating with the corresponding to direction of conveying belt 91 its circular flow directions.The transfer printing duration of work, power supply (not shown) adds transfer bias to transfer roll 92.

With respect to photosensitive drums 38, band cleaning unit 88 is arranged at the opposite side (bottom side) of the conveying belt 91 that forms ring, and is positioned at driven roller 89 and driven voller 90 between the two.Band cleaning unit 88 comprises cleaning brush 93, reclaims roller 94 and reclaims box 95.

Cleaning brush 93 is formed by the metal roller shaft that is coated with the conduction brush assembly.Cleaning brush 93 is set to contact with the outer surface of conveying belt 91 its bottom sides, and is arranged in the band cleaning unit 88 in rotatable mode, thus with the corresponding to direction of circular flow of the conveying belt 91 of bottom side on rotate.During the cleaning, power supply (not shown) adds last cleaning bias voltage to cleaning brush 93.

Reclaiming roller 94 is formed by the metal roller shaft that covers with the conductive rubber roll body.Recovery roller 94 is arranged at the rear of cleaning brush 93 and is in contact with it, and is arranged in the band cleaning unit 88 in rotatable mode.During the cleaning, power supply (not shown) adds secondary cleaning bias voltage to reclaiming roller 94.

Reclaim box 95 and be arranged in the back of reclaiming roller 94, and at a side opening relative with reclaiming roller 94.Scraper is arranged near the peristome that reclaims box 95, and makes it have pressure to contact with the surface of recovery roller 94.

Fixation unit 27 is arranged in the main casing 4, the rear of transfer printing unit 86.

Front end from paper supply unit 5 in the main casing 4 begins to be formed with a transport path 96.Transport path 96 is from the front end of paper supply unit 5, thereby photosensitive drums 38 by handle box 25 on direction backward and conveying belt 91 are between the two, and main warm-up mill 60 by fixation unit 27 and auxilliary warm-up mill 61 are between the two subsequently.Transport path 96 then forms u turn towards forward direction up and is used for paper P is delivered to paper feeder unit 7.

Be provided with a pair of registration roller 97 along paper supply unit 5 and conveying belt 91 transport path 96 between the two.Fixation unit 27 and paper feeder unit 7 then are provided with many to conveying roller 98 between the two.

Adopt said structure, paper supply unit 5 is delivered to transport path 96 with paper P.To the driving of driven roller 89, along with following of driven voller 90, make conveying belt 91 circular flows, conveying belt 91 is along transport path 96 conveyance of sheets P.Therefore, paper P carries by conveying belt 91 and each photosensitive drums 38 each transfer position between the two subsequently, and the toner image that forms on above-mentioned each transfer position place photosensitive drums 38 is transferred on the paper P in succession, forms a width of cloth coloured image on it.

For instance, among the at first yellow handle box 25Y on the photosensitive drums 38 formed yellow toner image be transferred on the paper P.Then, among the reddish violet handle box 25M on the photosensitive drums 38 formed reddish violet toner image be transferred on the paper P, and on the yellow toner image of superposition transfer printing formerly.With identical method, cyan toner image and the black toner image that forms respectively among cyan handle box 25C and the black handle box 25K is transferred on the paper P, and on each toner image of superposition transfer printing formerly, finishes a width of cloth coloured image thus.

In case coloured image forms on paper P, this paper P promptly is delivered to fixation unit 27.Along with paper P passes through between the two at the main warm-up mill 60 and the auxilliary warm-up mill 61 of fixation unit 2, main warm-up mill 60 and auxilliary warm-up mill 61 rely on heat to make the coloured image photographic fixing on paper P.After fixation unit 27, conveying roller 98 is delivered to paper feeder unit 7 with paper P, realizes the printer function of multifunctional equipment 1 thus.

Paper feeder unit 7 comprises a pair of exit roller 99 and paper discharge tray 100.

Exit roller 99 is arranged at the top of fixation unit 27 and the downstream end of transport path 96.With after the coloured image photographic fixing is on paper P, exit roller 99 is discharged to paper P on the paper discharge tray 100 in the fixation unit 27.

Be formed with paper discharge tray 100 on the end face of top cover 74.

Therefore, exit roller 99 receives the paper P that carries along transport path 96, and on the direction forward paper P is discharged on the paper discharge tray 100.

Flat bed scanner 3 comprises scanner main body 101 and covers 102 with the original copy constraint that rotary way is supported on this scanner main body 101.

Glass plate 103 is assembled in the end face of scanner main body 101.The end face of glass plate 103 plays the effect of the original copy area supported of placing original copy.The end face of scanner main body 101 comprises the inclined surface of scanner main body 101 front ends.In other words, the front portion before the glass plate 103 is downward-sloping.There is a control panel 104 to be arranged on the front portion of this inclination.Control panel 104 comprises that the liquid crystal display and the user of the duty that is used to show multifunctional equipment 1 can operate to set the button of various conditions.

Scanner main body 101 comprises the reading mechanism 105 that glass plate 103 belows are provided with.This reading mechanism 105 holds ccd sensor and scanning motor, and wherein, ccd sensor is used for from the original copy reads image data, and scanning motor then is used to make ccd sensor level (at the fore-and-aft direction) scanning in the face of glass plate 103.

It is thin plates that the original copy constraint covers 102, has rectangular shape by overlooking to observe.The 102 whole surfaces that can cover the glass plate 103 that is assembled to scanner main body 101 end faces are covered in original copy constraint.With hinge 106 original copy constraint being covered 102 is supported on the back edge of scanner main body 101 with rotary way.Therefore, cover the glass plate 103 that just exposes when 102 leading edge is upwards mentioned in the scanner main body 101 when original copy constraint; Original copy constraint is covered and is then covered this glass plate 103 when 102 leading edge rotates.Original copy constraint cover 102 when closing when original copy is kept somewhere on glass plate 103, and original copy retrains and covers 102 and just original copy can be pressed on the glass plate 103.

In the flat bed scanner 3 described above, original copy places on the glass plate 103 and user's operation control panel 104 or the personal computer (not shown) that is connected with multifunctional equipment 1 are read (Read Start) signal and be input to after the multifunctional equipment 1 with beginning, ccd sensor is read image in the middle of original copy, and obtains view data.This configuration realizes the scanner functions of multifunctional equipment 1.Then that ccd sensor is obtained view data sends personal computer to.

In the multifunctional equipment 1 of second embodiment described above, when top cover 74 is in the open site, can install or take out handle box 25 with respect to main casing 4 by formed gateway 34 in the end face 108 of main casing 4.Each handle box 25 is installed and is taken out in the load/unload path 35 of 8 outside horizontal directions along arc-shaped bend to lower case.Thereby, can be by flat bed scanner 3 be arranged at above the printer 2, install reliably or take out handle box 25 with respect to main casing 4, and need not printer 2 and flat bed scanner 3 are distributed big space between the two.

Though with reference to specific embodiment the present invention is had been described in detail, those skilled in the art can understand, can carry out numerous modifications and variations in not deviating from essence of the present invention, protection domain of the present invention that appended claims limited.For instance, in the foregoing description described above, load/unload path 35 is according to the shape bending of circular arc, but load/unload path 35 need not to form desirable circular arc, also can have the arc shape bending of a plurality of curvature according to elliptic arc like that.Load/unload path 35 also needn't be according to the arc shape bending, as long as load/unload path 35 is gradually to certain horizontal plane in main casing 4 (lower case 8) outside.

One through among the embodiment that revises, and a pair of adjacent guidance set provides the loading path of a bending with the load/unload box, and this guidance set 31 just can have smooth leading to inner plane and smooth back guiding inner plane.

As mentioned above, be enough to allocation space and come with respect to main casing loading and unloading box, this space has and has on the orthogonal directions in load/unload path than the big slightly width of box width (when the load/unload path along the main casing outside is provided with box with the gateway width of box on the direction of quadrature mutually).As a result, can reduce the shared space of box, increase selection dirigibility thus riding position.

In addition, can make box with respect to main casing loading or unloading successfully.Therefore, can be in the selection dirigibility of guaranteeing to increase when box is installed smoothly and taken out to the image processing system riding position.

The cross section that can reduce the load/unload path is with the loading and unloading box.Therefore, the size of main casing can be reduced, thereby the space that the main casing outside is used for the loading and unloading box can be reduced to distribute to.As a result, can further reduce the shared space of image processing system, and further increase the degree of freedom that riding position is selected.In addition, even if its size of box housing is sufficiently large with the contact guidance assembly, still can successfully install or take out box with respect to main casing.Thereby, can use bigger housing, for instance, when being contained in developer container in the housing, can making and hold a fairly large number of developer in the housing.

The user comes to install and take out box with respect to main casing can the end face by main casing the come in and go out inside of main casing, improves operability thus.

Can avoid lid to hinder the load/unload path when opening lid.Thereby, when installing and take out box, need not to expose or covers the lid that the box gateway is provided with and open very greatly being used to, therefore reduce the shared space of image processing system, and increase degree of freedom the riding position selection.

Can be from the face side opening and closing lid of main casing.In addition, the user can pass in and out main casing and install and take out box from the top.In addition, can in the middle of main casing, take out box, further improve operability thus by on the direction in image processing system front, extracting box.

Can reduce the required space of handle box that loading and unloading often will be changed.Thereby, can more effectively reduce image processing system required lay the space.

As mentioned above, be furnished with a plurality of handle boxes by in-line configuration, wherein above-mentioned handle box is parallel to each other to be arranged along a direction, makes adjacent handle box install and take out and do not disturb mutually simultaneously.In addition, can reduce the shared space of image processing system, and increase selection dirigibility riding position.

Can get the reduced width in load/unload path manyly than a kind of like this structure, in this structure, when installing and take out handle box, change developer roll in inclination along the diverse location place in load/unload path.Therefore, can reduce the size of main casing and being reduced to install and take out handle box and outside main casing required space.As a result, can further reduce to increase selection dirigibility thus to riding position by the shared space of image processing system.

Even image processing system comprises scanner, also can increase the degree of freedom that riding position is selected.

By surface scanner is set, need not between main casing and scanner to distribute bigger space with respect to regulation, promptly can be by the box gateway that in main casing, forms loading and unloading box reliably.

By constitute the load/unload path of box according to arcuate shape, can successfully install and take out box along this load/unload path.In addition, owing to can reduce the width in the load/unload path on the orthogonal directions of the installation of box and removing direction, can reduce the size of main casing.

Claims

1. an image processing system is characterized in that, comprising:

Main casing, the box loading part that has the box gateway and be connected with this box gateway, this box gateway has plane of the opening;

Box is installed in the box loading part with removably by the box gateway; And

Pilot unit provides and loads the path with respect to box loading part load/unload box, pilot unit be configured to make load the path in the main casing outside towards the direction parallel substantially with described plane of the opening, make the track bending of box thus.

2. image processing system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, box comprises that profile is bent into and loads the housing that the path matches.

3. image processing system as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, pilot unit allows in the pilot unit Slide Box box is being led.

4. image processing system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, when image processing system is placed by the direction of its use, makes plane of the opening towards last.

5. image processing system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises:

Assembly of lid is with the mode opening and closing box gateway that can rotate around the axis;

With the hinge that this assembly of lid is connected with main casing, this hinge is arranged on the main casing side relative with the bearing of trend that loads the path.

6. image processing system as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that the box gateway is formed at the top of main casing,

With respect to this box gateway hinge is arranged at rear side.

7. image processing system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described box is the handle box that comprises the processing components of using in the image forming course.

8. image processing system as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, described handle box comprises a plurality of handle boxes of arranging by direction, thus an end face of each handle box to the box gateway, described a plurality of handle boxes comprise the mutually different developer of the color that is used for image forming course.

9. image processing system as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that described processing components comprises the developer roll that is used for bearing developer, and this developer roll has rotating shaft; And

Handle box is installed in the box loading part, so that parallel to each other along loading the developer roll that loads in the path.

10. image processing system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises the scanner with horizontally extending original copy area supported, and this scanner reads the original copy that is placed on the original copy area supported.

11. image processing system as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, scanner is set in the face of the box gateway.

12. an image processing system is characterized in that, comprising:

Main casing, the box loading part that has the box gateway and be connected with this box gateway;

A plurality of boxes are installed with removably and are arranged in the box loading part by a direction by the box gateway, so that an end face of each box is to the box gateway; And

Pilot unit, the loading path that is provided are used for respect to each box in a plurality of boxes of box loading part load/unload, and pilot unit makes and loads the path towards a direction outside main casing, makes the track bending of each box in a plurality of boxes thus.

13. image processing system as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, each box in a plurality of boxes comprises that profile is bent into and loads the housing that the path matches.

14. image processing system as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, in pilot unit permission each box in a plurality of boxes that slide a plurality of boxes is led.

15. image processing system as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, the box gateway has plane of the opening, and when image processing system was placed by the direction of its use, plane of the opening was towards last.

16. image processing system as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, also comprises:

With the hinge that this assembly of lid is connected with main casing, this hinge is arranged at main casing and the relative side of bearing of trend of loading the path.

17. image processing system as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, the box gateway is formed at the top of main casing,

With respect to described box gateway hinge is arranged at rear side.

18. image processing system as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, each box in a plurality of boxes is the handle box that comprises the processing components of image forming course use.

19. image processing system as claimed in claim 18 is characterized in that, processing components comprises the developer roll that is used for bearing developer, and this developer roll has rotating shaft,

20. image processing system as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, also comprises the scanner with horizontally extending original copy area supported, this scanner reads the original copy that is placed on the original copy area supported.

21. image processing system as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that, scanner is set in the face of the box gateway.

22. the box that can be loaded in the image processing system is characterized in that, comprising:

Housing, its have first surface and with this first surface by one apart from opposing second surface, wherein first and second surfaces have the isocentric circular arc tee section loading on the direction.

23. box as claimed in claim 22 is characterized in that, slide along the pilot unit that is provided with in the image processing system in first and second surfaces, with in image processing system with respect to box loading part load/unload box.

24. box as claimed in claim 22 is characterized in that, housing has the end that connects first and second surfaces, comprises that also this handle allows the user to hold box along loading the direction handle outstanding from the end.